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Charles and Michael, they often go to restaurant to have a drink. Once, they had a sweet peppermint liqueur, which has a typical green color. Suddenly, Michel, looking at the liqueur, got angry, saying: “that is terrible, everywhere are substitutes. I bet that this liqueur, this is the same case. Look at the color. It must be something poisonous inside. Surely, there is more dye inside than allowed. And, it is killing us slowly. We should take some legal action against manufacturer of this killing drink, should not we?

The wine is a product that consists of several components, most of which is water (91 %). Besides water, ethanol (9-14 %), residual sugar, dyes and tannins, there are present also acids. There are more acids, but the most represented is tartaric acid, then malic, citric and lactic acid.  The proportion of the acids’ amount is a reason of characteristic taste and bitterness of each wine. Low content of acid results in insipid taste of wine, so the determination of total acidity is an important controlled item.

Boy Scouts David and Grace had an important mission. In March they were tasked with hiding a treasure in a forest for their younger friends. They thought of a trail which started at the clubhouse than went across the town and over a footbridge to the forest. The younger mates were supposed to follow azimuth instructions and descriptions of environment. David and Grace chose a beautiful hiding place for the treasure. They hid it into an old tree stump which was surrounded by ornaments made of flowers in blossom of various colours: white anemone, purple fumewort and yellow lesser celandine.

Mrs. Westwood lives in a small, calm village. She has been in retire for two years now thus she has plenty of time for her hobby – gardening. She is very proud especially of her geraniums which are admired by all the inhabitants of the village. Mrs. Westwood has the geraniums on all her window ledges and also hanging on the fence so that everyone walking by can see them.